First forged knife

[jonathan creason]

Forged this one out of a bar of 1084 using a 2 brick forge and a post anvil.  Been wanting to try the paracord wrap for a little while, so I thought this one would be a good one to give it a shot on.  It's not nearly as nice to look at as a piece of spalted wood, but dang it feels nice in my hand.

 

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Jonathan, congratulations on your first forged blade, it turned out excellent!  Welcome to the addiction!

Steve
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Potomac Forge

[Roughcountry]

Congrats, looks great to me  

[T Lail]

very nice !!!!!

[KHALVERSON]

dang i wish my first forged blade looked that good
kind of reminds me of a warncliffe style blade
keep up the good work and welcome to the addiction
kevin

[DANA HOLMAN]

Nice job, keep it up
Dana

[LONGBOWKID]

Looks great

[GWV]

Looks nice!

[gudspelr]

Awesome job-looks great.

Jeremy

[jonathan creason]

Thanks guys.  It may not look like it, but I've got a ton of time wrapped up in this one with all the filing and grinding I did.  I managed to hammer a very basic profile of it, but it was very crude.  I've got a lot of work to do before I can get to where I can do most of my shaping with the hammer.  I really need to free up some time and go spend a day in a knifesmith's shop.

[caleb0100]

Looks great!!  Great job on the handle too!